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John Gurdon (Q81218)

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British developmental biologist (1933–2025)
  • John Bertrand Gurdon
  • Sir John Bertrand Gurdon
  • John B Gurdon
  • J B Gurdon
  • J Gurdon
  • John B. Gurdon
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John Gurdon
  • John Bertrand Gurdon
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John Gurdon
British developmental biologist (1933–2025)
  • John Bertrand Gurdon
  • Sir John Bertrand Gurdon
  • John B Gurdon
  • J B Gurdon
  • J Gurdon
  • John B. Gurdon

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given name
John
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family name
Gurdon
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date of death
7 October 2025
age of subject at event
92 years old
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reference URL
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/nobel-laureate-professor-sir-john-gurdon-dies-aged-92
publication date
7 October 2025
retrieved
7 October 2025
title
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92 (English)
language of work or name
English
reference URL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/10/07/john-gurdon-dead/
title
John Gurdon, Nobel laureate who laid groundwork for cloning, dies at 92 (English)
publication date
7 October 2025
language of work or name
English
retrieved
8 October 2025
ISSN
0190-8286
publisher
The Washington Post
honorific prefix
Sir
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award received
Royal Medal
point in time
1985
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Wolf Prize in Medicine
point in time
1989
award rationale
For his introduction of the xenopus oocyte into molecular biology and his demonstration that the nucleus of a differentiated cell and of the egg differ in expression but not in the content of genetic material. (English)
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Copley Medal
point in time
2003
award rationale
For his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology. He pioneered the concept that specialised cells are genetically equivalent and that they differ only in the genes they express not the genes they contain, (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=true
title
Award winners : Copley Medal (English)
publisher
Royal Society
language of work or name
English
retrieved
30 December 2018
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
point in time
2012
together with
Shinya Yamanaka
prize money
4,000,000 Swedish krona
award rationale
för upptäckten att mogna celler kan omprogrammeras till pluripotens” (Swedish)
for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent (English)
2 references
reference URL
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2012/
title
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 (English)
retrieved
9 October 2025
publisher
nobelprize.org
reference URL
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/
title
The Nobel Prize money (English)
retrieved
9 October 2025
publisher
nobelprize.org
Harveian Oration
point in time
2014
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Identifiers

Libris-URI
xv8cjzqg3z9320w
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LIBRIS
publication date
15 January 2013
retrieved
24 August 2018
Academic Tree ID
21252
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Europeana entity
agent/base/151733
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retrieved
25 December 2019
Gateway to Research person ID
CAC8991B-E32F-4047-8CD8-8BC9D2655991
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NE.se ID
john-b-gurdon
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NLP ID
a0000003224506
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Nobel Laureate API ID
874
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Prabook ID
535615
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SNAC ARK ID
w6p99xfj
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Who's Who UK ID
U18436
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WikiTree person ID
Gurdon-92
subject named as
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon FRS (2 Oct 1933 - 7 Oct 2025)
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